New police inspector delighted to go back to her West Lindsey roots

The Rasen Mail spoke to Insp Gail Hurley, who is taking on the role of Temporary West Lindsey 
Community Policing Inspector .

Insp Hurley explained that the role has been offered to 
Insp Gary Brockie – but due to other work commitments she will be standing in for the 
foreseeable.

Insp Hurley said: “My brief is to not just babysit this role but treat it like my own,

“My main base is Gainsborough but I will go and work out of Market Rasen Police Station when I can.

“Interestingly I started at Gainsborough in October 1996 when I first joined the police

“I did my first two years there and from then on I developed in mainly investigation work.

“I’ve worked on a proactive team, I’ve worked in intelligence, I’ve worked in CID and also in the Public Protection team and now I’m back to my roots and back to where it started.

“It is quite a new challenge for me to come back to a uniform role and back to where I started.

“For me, having spent a good 20 years in crime investigation, coming back into Beat Management and Response is quite a different approach.

“When I first joined there were a lot more officers on the beat and my first two years were predominantly foot patrol

“Our new recruited officers are predominantly driving 
vehicles because they need to be able to respond

“We do have a really good Community Beat Team with some really good PCSOs and Beat Managers and their 
Sergeant’s that do get into the community

“Yes we have less resources but I do think our resources continue to engage with the community as much as they can

“Gainsborough and Market Rasen are stations where there is a real team effort.”

Insp Hurley also spoke about key issues she is hoping to target during her time in the post.

She said: “One of things that affects Market Rasen is the 
rural crime

“There is still a real need to bring the rural crime down.

“That is a real challenge to be able to be in the right place at the right time and to work with partner agencies to be able to detect those offenders and bring them to justice

“If I could reduce the rural crime I would feel much happier

“From a more urban point of view, protecting and identifying the vulnerable is always my priority

“Identifying the vulnerable and making sure the vulnerable are less at risk of crime – and that there are less crimes committed against the vulnerable – would be a real aim of mine as well

“I am really confident that our Community Beat Teams are able to address ASB when it arises and that they are working closely with partner agencies and the community to resolve those .

“There are other places in the country that do have more offences of drug related violent crimes

“We can’t think that it will never happen here so I like to think that whenever we start to see drug-related violent crimes that we tackle them straight away and try to prevent those.

“What is different now to when I first started is how much good work partner agencies do in our communities now

“If we didn’t have that I don’t think we’d be able to achieve the results that we achieve at all.”